Aboriginal tent embassy

Canberra to Sydney

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August 27th 2008
I was pleasantly surprised by Canberra given that it was a city built specifically to be capital of Australia to solve the dispute between Sydney and Melbourne. It didn't necessarily feel like the capital city (whereas I think Sydney did) but it was a really nice city with a big lake, lots of parks, a nice shopping mall(!) and some really good sights. We visited the AIS (Australian Institute f ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more